Gratitudinally Speaking

[mtnviewsteve]

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Slept late this day~drinking "too good" coffee and catching up on the board. Nafalia, tell Jeannie I hope she makes a million $$ with her enterprise, hope I didn't sound negative about ARBONNE, I just identified with how she was feeling and remembered a deal I got into photographing kids. It consumed me, I spent too much money on the project and ended up disillusioned with taking photos and am just now after 25 years beginning to shoot some again.
won't be up much longer so see ya'll tomorrow.
Blessings~~
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[Jeannie Jones]

Oh, Steve, fuggedaboudit! I realize that I once again muddled my communication...when I talked about being smacked upside the head, I didn't mean with the comments about network marketing, but with my realization that there were indeed other locations here besides the Open Forum! My little mind just kind of forgot that! No, frankly, I was glad it came out, because the silence was deafening!!! I posted about the presentation on the Late Night thread because 2 of the gals who post there had asked me to let them know when one would be happening. I just felt I had to jump to young David's defense, though, (I know, I know, I always seem to get in trouble when I do that, but I just don't seem to be able to help myself!) because he's a newbie and full of youthful enthusiasm. But that's surely why some of the folk cautioned him. But I have studied what this company is doing, and find them to be highly ethical in their business practices and their formulations...everything's certified vegan, no animal products or byproducts or testing, etc. etc. etc.

I first paid my $29. to become a consultant so that I could buy the products at a discount, and that was that. Later I thought that I'd really like to get it out to people so that they could try it and make up their own minds about it, and that if I could make a few bucks, that would be swell. (Though I always seem to sell wholesale!) But of course when my sponsor asked me what my goal was, I had to say something like...to be one with Spirit. She said something like yes, but what is your financial goal...what would you like to accomplish? I thought long and hard and said, "I'd like to be a little more comfortable and to get my mom an oven." But I don't feel that I can set any kind of goal-plan type thing with steps and all, since my heart's desire is to follow direct guidance in every moment.

So there it is...I'm not looking to make a million bucks, I'm just looking to take the next step, whatever that may be, wherever that may bring me. Nafalia and I are just crazy about the products, and it really hurt her to have to give them up.

I feel for you, Steve, with your child photography experience turning out not as you had hoped it would, but am so happy that you're taking pictures again. You remember that old song...You've gotta have art...miles and miles and miles of art...

My 'art is with you guys...

[DaBee]

You may not make a million bucks, JJ, but you look like a million bucks! When I can figure out how to post the pics, I'll put a great one of you and Mickey on Fools. Oh, and thanks for sharing your 'art.
A big sigh of exhaling healing white light to help you clear your chakras, NancyNafalia. When you spoke of the Southern CrossedHairs pucker problem, I pictured the Kundalini power point being immobile. Then visualized the clearing of blockages moving down from the top of your head and through your body, with the earth absorbing the pain, discomfort and dis-ease, then sending the energy back thoroughly cleansed and at ease.
I have missed you, Spirit Sister. Thank you for sharing.
Love and Light
Namaste
deb-o-ray

[shuggie]

You all are precious.
Jeannie, here's wishing ya smooth movement and a new stove for your Mom.
Steve, tiny little shards of twinkling lumination coming your way.
Smiles and hugs,
shug

[Jeannie Jones]

Greetings from Nafalia:

Hey, Shuggie! Like so many others have in the past, they think that Jeannie is Nafalia (and we always get a real chuckle out of it). I really am a real person, and because of circumstances, Jeannie posts for me by phone, 'cause I live in Springfield, and really...Jeannie's not channeling Nafalia! ;) In the past, this has happened so many times before, and since I haven't posted for so long, I can see where it would be easy to assume that that's what was going on.

Thank you so much for your response, concern, and caring. Just wanted to let you know what is really happening here, and hope to hear from you again.

As above, so below,

Nafalia

PS: Jeannie and I have been friends for many years, and maybe sometimes our psychic energies do cross, especially if Jeannie is getting ready to have something to eat, but we really are 2 separate people. :D

[Jeannie Jones]

To Deb-o-ray from Nafalia:

Thank you so much for the clearing, and also thank you for sending me the energy and the Light and the healing and the release from the discomfort.

Sometimes when things back up on you, you just can't get things cleared out on your own! I thought about calling Roto-Rooter, but I like your way better! :eek:

As above, so below,

Nafalia

[Jeannie Jones]

To the wondrous Merlyn from Nafalia:

Hey, sTeVe, thanks so much for the information on the color coral, and since you're so handy-dandy with that information, let me throw a couple more at you: yellow, turquoise, green, rose, and red and black and white.

Will wait to see what you find on these.

All of these colors are what I've been drawn to put in my living this last week. Now my living room looks like a spring bouquet of flowers...comfy, cosy, and cheery.

When I walk into that room, I feel as if I am just wrapped in light and color. And besides that, it's very soft and soothing to the feet...cushy, cushy, cushy! smile.gif

And so it is,

Nafalia

[DaBee]

Concerning colors: Next Monday night @ 6:30, Kit Sheperd will be the speaker at the Metafizz group in Eureka. She is very well versed in and will be discussing colors. From Marsha Havens: Monday , August 28, we will have Kit Sheperd's presentation about colors and the effects they can have in our lives. What fun!

I love this group and it brings together so many people of Spirit and Light. Robert and I, because of synchronicities, are focused on the sharing and especially information about Twin Flames/Soul Mates. There have been many wonderful serendipitous type occurances. Doug and Yael Powell presented last Monday and it touched our hearts and souls.
When I'm there I think about our soul group here and sometimes feel that I'm sharing all of this with y'all.
love and light
twinkledabeetoes
;)

[Becky Davis]

Nafalia, thinking of you this morning. Visualizing you at the test site. Hope all is well. Let us know.

This has been the most out of sync summer I have had in years. I am totally out of balance and still figuring out what to do. Just laying low and hoping it passes soon when fall is here.

[Jeannie Jones]

Just a quick note to let you know that Nafalia had GREAT test results! More later or tomorrow. smile.gif

[Becky Davis]

:D :D :D

[MotherMoon12]

Yaaay! Blessed be.

[mtnviewsteve]

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As Above~So Below~~ Congratulations~
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[Jeannie Jones]

"Scoping" It Out!...Nafalia:

Wednesday went into the hospital as an outpatient. My wonderful gastro-enterologist, Dr. Weston, was waiting for me when they rolled me into the endoscopic room on the gurney. He greeted me with a smile, a touching of my hands, and said, "It's always nice to see you, as you always come in with a smile on your face".

I think in the past I mentioned that I can't be put all the way under, because I take Valium, so I'm always semi-conscious and aware of what's going on, listening to the conversations, and watching everything on the monitors.

As Dr. Weston was doing the scope, he was telling me to look at my wonderful, healthy pink colon! Then we got to the point where the cancer HAD been, and he said, "Now, you see the difference here, where this is a little bit lighter? That's scar tissue from where the cancer was."

The area is about the size of a half-dollar, and Dr. Weston asked me, "Do you remember what this looked like this time last year?" And I replied, "Yes, I do." It was all red and yucky-looking and...looked like cancer.

He said, "While we're here, we're going to do a biopsy of the scar tissue", meaning he expected everything to be just fine, but while we were there, let's just do it. And I didn't feel a thing when he did the biopsy!

After the scopes, I heard him tell the nurse he needed the balloon, and I thought "Oh, here we go!!!" :eek:

Laid there waiting for the balloon to be filled with water and be pulled through the rectal area to strrretch it out, just knowing it was going to be extremely painful. Kept waiting for the pain, and finally I asked him, "How long before you dilate?" And he replied, "I've already done it twice". Didn't feel a thing!!!

He dilated me 15 cm, and said we would go back in later and take it up to 18 cm. He told me I would probably have some discomfort for a couple of days. Had some tenderness for a couple of days, nothing major.

So everything went very smoothly.

Now, what caused this dilation to be necessary was the radiation burn that I had, created scar tissue that forced the rectum to close up, and the procedure broke that scar tissue loose and stretched the muscles out.

I am staying on my normal soft food diet, and all is going well. Having daily "constitutionals" with no problems, so looks like we've got success here, folks! smile.gif

Thank you one and all for holding me in your hands and your hearts safely, because I'm sure that's why it all went so nicely (besides having a wonderful doctor).

And so it is,

Nafalia
Springfield, MO

PS: As a point of interest, the nurse told me that on Wednesday, when I went into the hospital for the procedure, was one year to the day, from when they did my first chemo treatment!

[PMilam]

Bless your heart, soul and bum!

I'm happy to hear that you are in good spirits, and good hands.

Blessed Be.
Patt

[DaBee]

Listening To Our Bodies
Illness Lessons

When our body, mind, and spirit are in balance, we experience good health. But sometimes we get caught up in life's parade of change and movement, and things get out of balance. Just as there are seasons in nature, our bodies go through times of cleansing and times of activity. Illness is one way our bodies restore the balance they seek, as it cleanses the buildup of unwanted manifestations of negative energy in our system. When we are not feeling our best, we can go beyond addressing the physical symptoms to listen to our bodies as they tell us the changes needed to restore balance.

Our bodies give us signals, but if we don't listen when they tell us that they are tired or stressed, then the imbalance increases and a stronger message is required, one that is generally expressed by illness or dis-ease. The first step to regaining equilibrium involves slowing down, eating healthy food, getting more rest, and taking soothing remedies. Once we have nurtured ourselves with these things, we can begin examine our illness for the message. A heavy head may be a sign that we have been thinking negatively, harboring anger, resentment, or guilt. A sore throat may be telling us we have been speaking without integrity-gossip, insults, twisting the truth, or even speaking ill of ourselves, all of which can knock us off balance. A sore throat and swollen glands can also mean you are cleansing and processing some powerful emotions at present. Stomach problems could mean that we are having trouble accepting or "digesting" something. Only you have the knowledge of your th!
oughts and choices that will allow you to decipher the messages from your body. All it takes is time and attention.

When we take the time to listen to our bodies we can learn how to restore our balance and improve our lives. By honoring the messages of our bodies, we can turn a time of illness into a constructive time of restoration, healing, and revitalization.

[mtnviewsteve]

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September 5, 2006
Finding Your Pinnacle
Mountain Meditation
"Throughout history, humankind has stood in awe of mountains. The strength and sturdiness evident in the rocky crags and smooth slopes of peaks around the globe have from time immemorial inspired creativity and kindled courage. Mountains have been venerated by many cultures, which worshipped great summits as gods and sacred beings. In their looming presence, humanity has seen power, steadfastness, and resolve. Yet you needn't live near a mountain to tap into this vast energy of commanding grandeur. Conversely, since mountains are as unique in form as human beings, your locale may exist under the unwavering gaze of a small mountain without your knowing it. As you practice mountain meditation, the power that lurks in the heart of all mountains will flow into you while their essential beauty reminds you that you, too, are a creature of the earth.

If there are mountains in your area, plan to spend some time enjoying the peaceful embrace of Mother Nature, which can be a potent meditation aid. Likewise, grasping a rock or stone in your hand will enable you to easily tap into earth energy. If you are prevented by circumstance from visiting a mountain, however, begin by visualizing yourself at the base of a towering summit. Holding a rock can be helpful to tune into mountain energy. You may find yourself picturing a steep and majestic snowcapped peak or a lush, tree-covered mass that rises gently from the earth. Sit or imagine yourself sitting at the mountain's base and spend a few minutes simply coexisting with it. When you feel tranquil, express your intention to commune with your mountain and ask to receive its energy. Project your consciousness onto the mountain's peak, and look down upon the flatlands over which it stands guard. Send light to the flora and fauna that call the mountain home. You may discover that you feel wonderfully immense and unshakable as you delve deeper into the meditation.

Finally, ask the mountain to serve as a guide and give it your sincerest gratitude. If you have literally visited a plateau or summit, pass time with the mountain by camping, hiking, or picnicking upon it. Or, if your journey has been a spiritual one, use your imagination to survey the sights, sounds, and scents of your mountain. As your explorations progress, you will become ever more grounded, growing gradually into your personal power. When you are finished meditating with mountain energy, give thanks to this strong and powerful energy for sharing time with you."

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[PMilam]

September 6, 2006
Sacred Sentinels
Assembling Your Light Team

Each of us, whether we realize it or not, moves through life in the company of beings whose task is to watch over us. These ancestors, spirit guides, angels, guardians, and ascended masters designated to serve as protectors and guides take pleasure in their roles yet cannot assist us without first being asked. Since the origins of our sacred sentinels differ, we may choose whom we call upon for help based on the situation at hand. However, in certain circumstances, particularly those in which time is of the essence or there is the potential for harm, we may feel the need to surround ourselves with our entire complement of benevolent, watchful guardians at a moment's notice. To do so, a great shortcut is to create and assemble a light team-a group of spirit helpers who will come to our aid when we utter a simple word or phrase.

The creation of a light team begins with the dedication of the words that will serve as a shortcut in your time of distress, signaling to your sentinels that you are requesting their support. Meditation, at an altar or otherwise, can help you attract their attention, affording you an opportunity to articulate your desire that they work in tandem in certain instances. Creating a short ceremony in which you surround yourself with objects you associate with the helpers you wish to assign to your light team can ensure that those beings are in attendance as you designate your shortcut. Creating this shortcut is simply a tool. You can employ "light team" as your rallying cry or any other words you feel comfortable using. The numerous guides and guardians that see to your welfare will accept your choice gladly and respond instantaneously when called.

Your light team will be there to assist you in those dangerous, chaotic, or confounding moments when you don't have the time, energy, or opportunity to center yourself and meditate on individual sentinels. You can also call upon them when seeking guidance that originates from a variety of perspectives. Whether the support they provide comes in the form of guidance or wisdom, their combined presence will give you a sense of security that strengthens you and reminds you that you are never alone.

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[shuggie]

I love the idea of a "light team of spirits."
Jeannie, Soon you must strut around with that healed colon.
Here's a lil ditty I wrote to my rectum.
ODE TO MY ANUS
Oh, you pouty,
Little puckered pup
How I hate it
When you won't
Give it up.

Balloons, hum, seems to be another use for the pretty party decorations.
Wow, a cardiologist thought one AM, "I know just where I'm going to use this today."
Another said, "Ya know this material would make a good glove".
And the original inventor is in the ozone thinking, "Why didn't I try one inside my own colon."
Balloons for everyone!
May pretty bunch of lovely colored balloons filled with healing twinkles engulf you all tonight.
Thank you

[Jeannie Jones]

Long time, no activity! Hey, y'all, hope everyone's well, just busy! BTW, I did PM Shuggie a while back to explain that Nafalia actually IS a separate person other than me, and we shared a laugh about that. All's well here...we're so happy that Mom's 3 x a week physical therapy is finally finished, and we're kind of recuperating from it. The hint of Fall is in the air, and the excitement for the color display is building!

Love to all,

Jeannie

[shuggie]

Youse a great gorl!

[Jeannie Jones]

Youse too, gorl! Ain't we grand? Come to the G'fest party. Don't be askeert! :D

[DaBee]

Happy for your Mom and you that the physical therapy is over, JJ. How you bee?

Shug.....so ya' cummin to the partee? It'll just be right down the street from you, right?

Sure hope you can make it too, Jeannie.

Yah....long time without any gratitude, it seems, but of course that's not really how it is. I bee gratitudinally speaking all de live long day fersher fersher!
Lovin' this quasi cooler weather and the moon as it approaches nearer and nearer total fulness. It's a beaut!

love and moonlight
deb-o-luna-tic

[shuggie]

Bee,
I got sick with mouse turd virus which I contacted in my art storage shed while finishing off our Fallout Shelter. Was dog sick for a week, horrible. Hand washing is one area of hygene which I very good at, but my face skin was effected also, not pretty. Be glad ya did not see me at the party as it is not Halloweinie yet.
Dan examined me ( I did not charge him) only to find-out I have sky rocketing blood pressure and to no one's surprize, hyper-tension.
Crap! So....on meds and changing my rogue lifestyle. Crap!
Reach 40, next day ya need glasses. Happy 62nd B'day the adventures of Bush drive ya over the edge. Ccccome on November!
Counting my blessings presently and hoping all is well mit youse all,

[DaBee]

I figgered that sumpin was upin within youins. That high bp is nothing to rogue about. Guess that's why I'm not quite so freebirdish like I was 10 years ago. Gotta stick with the routine if'n I wanna see 60, which I do.
Hey, that mouse turd virus is nasty stuff. Got a bit of it myself last year when I went down down down to Texass to help the ex clean out 20 years worth of mouse turds (like a foot thick in some areas.....ugh)in several different storage buildings on the property that we once had together. Started wearing a mask, but still got icky sicky and my face looked like I was 16 with the breakouts, so I comprende.
I've had my granddaughter here all weekend and I'm feeling really blessed that I'm still here to be able to enjoy that special bundle of joy. Well, not so much a bundle any more with her being almost 9 yrs old now. A big bundle, fersher!
So are you still swimming at the B'ville Community Center? I haven't gone in a couple of months, but am thinking about getting back into it now that I can't work outside so much.
Hey, mebbe some of us that haven't actually met can get together sometime. Feel like I know Patt M., but haven't met her either. Some day it'll all come around.
Nice chattin' with ya'
Namaste
deb

[shuggie]

Community Center...NO, not until they get the temperature and water quality together.
Swimmin' at the Victoria Inn, "publican campaign center, and our local voting place....EEK!
Religion in politics...EEK
Hope everyone is doing OK
I'm trying to reduce my soaring High Blood Pressure by diet, pill, exercize, and NO evening news...EEK

[PMilam]

Was the water too cold.. too hot.. too cloudy?
I keep thinking that is what I need to do. I just hate to drive 30 min. one way.. to exercise. If the water was warm enough, maybe I could do it..

I like the idea of a geekcampout.. or at least gathering, in the daylight. I'm not much for leaving home late and getting home late.. even tho I stay up late.

Good luck with that, Shug.. they say it can be done.. but.. I just hate 'exercise'.. don't mind walking the paths around here.. but when it's too hot, too wet, too cold.. I sit too much.

Oh.. my doc did recommend that I take niacin for the bp.. not the no flush kind.. hard on kidneys.. but the regular, along with a 81 g. aspirin.. that stops the flush, and helps prevent heart problems.

Any sort of pain will cause bp to go up also.. that really sucks.

I'm loving the rain.. and.. it makes me just want to sleep and sleep.

[shuggie]

All of the above, Patt.
The Victoria Inn is usally warm. sometime not as warm as I like, but Girl, if ya don't like exercize this is the way to go. the drive does sound like a hump but i bet the water will hook ya.
B'ville CC uses bromine instead of chor-reen, so the water clarity is mucky and the temp too low for artheric conditions or pleasure. But it is Cheap. A friend of mine went to McKinney and told him we would pay more for warmer water.
Cloreena, Cloreena, won't ya dance with me.
Lordy, you sure did move far away. I didn't know.
We must move our bods, gorl. Don't want to get all stove-up.

[DaBee]

I agree about the water temp and cleanliness at B'ville Comm. Ctr. Deal is, I can't tolerate chlorine, so the bromide solution works for me. During the summer they had about a zillion kids in the pool from day camp. Probably a pretty good guess that 3/4 of them peed in the water and that's why I quit going.
Really enjoyed the water aerobics classes, but it did take a few minutes of warm up to adjust to the cool water. Seems the older I get the harder it is to adjust to temp. variances.
Patt, I thought you just lived north of here at the Kings River on the Arkansas side.
Oh, "talking" to you reminds me.....I was in the Eureka library on Monday and the gal's name that was helping me is Loretta. Is that your daughter? She's funny...we talked about the movie Nell for a moment a she did a fine impression for me. She's a cutie.
If'n you and Shuggie will consider going over to B'ville for the aerobics, I'll join you! I'm free Wed - Sun.

deb

[PMilam]

Yep, that's my girl.. she has Craig's sense of humor, even tho, he's her step dad. Together, they can make milk fly out of the most stoaic of noses!!

I do live north, on the MO line.. it takes 25-30 min to get to Bville or ES on a good day. On a MO plates go to town day, it's slower. We start out with 4 & 1/2 mi. of dirt, then, I can go thru Grand View, or up to MO, then down 221 to Bville.. or to 86 on MO to 23 N. to ES.

[DaBee]

Takes me about 20 minutes to get to B'ville, but that's with only 3 1/2 miles of dirt road. Right now it's a little slower with the county road grader dude doing his thang and all. Sometimes it's a littler slower even still, depending on how many road dogs are taking a nap (lots of weaving).
I'll have to ask Loretta next time I see her about the nose milk thing....."Hey, Loretta, got milk?"

Namaste, o' sister on the pink paper plate!

deb

[DaBee]

Jeannie Jeannie bo beannie
Fo nanna nanna mo meannie (not true)
Fe fi fo neannie
Jeannie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[mtnviewsteve]

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~~~Prayers of "Pure WHITE Healing LiGhT" going out to Nafalia~~
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[DaBee]

Nafalia
Nafalia
Where for art thou,
dear Nafalia?

love and light
deb

[Vicki Webster]

I'm sooooooo thankful I just had to post this somewhere. My son just called and he will be home tomorrow. You see my son works on a fishing vessel off of the coast of Alaska. If you have ever watched the Discovery Channel and seen "World's deadlest catch" that is my son's job.His vessel has been on the show. Any way when he's on ship we have no way to communicate. I can write to him but he doesn't get the letters until he gets back in harbour. They docked yesterday and he'll be home tomorrow and he's safe and on dry land. Thanks for letting me rant I'm just soooo thankful he's safe and I'll soon see his face.

[DaBee]

That's wonderful, Vicki. Your son must have quite a love for the sea to put himself there and under those conditions. I can feel your excitement and know how it is with sons.
Will he be visiting you in Eureka? How long will he stay?
Namaste,
deb

[Becky Davis]

So glad he is safe too. Vicki, my son watches that show regularly. Scary. How long will he be off? They stay out there a long time don't they and then have a lot of time off? Like the guys on the oil rigs?

[sir william]

You have to be careful on those fishing boats. I had a cousin once that disappeared at night and that was the last anyone heard from him. My aunt and uncle are still dealing with it years later. The owner of the boat didn't keep up with maintenance on his boats.

[Vicki Webster]

Yes he will be off now until the middle of January. He's hoping to spend as much time here in Eureka as possible, he would like to buy a house here . I don't watch the show it is just to scarey, I guess ignorance is in fact bliss, in this case. But for now he is home safe and I am thankful.

[micki]

I am happy for you and your son. I agree with you , ignorance is bliss. When my son was hanging iron, he would call me and say "hey ma, I was umpteen hundreds of feet in the air on the side of this building" and I would have to do the LALALALA song so I couldn't hear it. I worried all the time he was out there. He's an electrian now, I like to think he is a little safer now.

[PMilam]

God bless our sons, every one!

[Gaylord Wright]

What Missy Milam said and I betcha her very presence blessed each and every one of hers through the DNA chain.

[debbie lynn]

Ms danbe..could you possiblely email me,,i tried to you but it wont go out,,i have a private question,,,,HIIIIIIIIIIIIii Jeannie ;)

[DaBee]

Who is Ms danbe, debbie?

[mtnviewsteve]

Originally posted by DaBee:
Who is Ms danbe, debbie? :cool:
~~~Think she means you~kiddo'
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[DaBee]

Wondered if that was the case, broStEvEo. Think I'm in trouble....is this like going to the principal's office?
I'll take my chances, but you know where to find me in case I don't show back up.

daBeeornotdaBeethatcouldbeeoneofthequestions

[OvertheRiver]

I think it's you too.....Deboparttimedanbe!

I'll vouch for Debbie!!

[Jeannie Jones]

Transcribing for Ms. Nafalia in Springfield here...and her words begin now:

Won't go into a lot of detail, because this round begins somewhere around the first of September, and it's been downhill ever since.

Briefly, I've been told everything from I have to have a colon resection and a colostomy to they know something's wrong but they don't know what to do about it, because I'm chemically sensitive and they can't pump me full of chemicals.

Let me make this very clear, I do not have cancer again, but I have severe complications from radiation burn.

The upper quadrant of the beginning of the descending colon had thickened due to burn, and has an obstruction. The rectal canal has scarred closed, and they did a dilation (which they failed to inform me was a very dangerous procedure). The effects of the dilation lasted for a week to 10 days, and the rectal canal began to close up again.

I have lived on mostly Cream of Wheat, Ramen noodles, and smoothies for close to 3 months now and still nothing's being done.

As I told my nurse practitioner, this has been a psychological and emotional battering ram. Three doctors have admitted verbally that it's complications from the radiation burn, but you can bet your life they'll never put it on paper, which leaves me with no legal recourse 'cause in the state of Missouri, our wonderful Governor Blunt enacted the tort law, which protects doctors, hospitals and insurance companies from lawsuits, unless you have the loss of a limb or some such thing as that, which, as Brad Bradshaw the attorney/doctor told me, leaves patients with virtually no rights at all.

I have talked with many attorneys in Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield, and even Memphis, and all I hear is "Well, we really can't do anything, but we can refer you to some more attorneys" !!!

I go as long as sometimes 10 days or more without a b.m., so you can imagine the toxins my body's full of. So far the only thing they told me to do is take an enema 3 times a week.

Last night my sister came over and helped me administer an enema, and it was just very pungent, very dark green, watery stuff, and it took 2 enemas to get it to run clear.

The doctor did mention the possibility of inflammatory bowel disease. So I've talked to some people I know who are very well informed on this issue, because they've been dealing with it in their life for some 12-15 years, and inflammatory bowel disease boils down to Crohn's.

Now, as far as I can figure out, there would have been no other way for this to occur other than through infected radiation burn (if that is what it turns out to be).

They're afraid to do a colonoscopy (to look at it through a scope) for fear of perforating the colon.

As of last week, the doctors are no longer even returning my calls to inform me of what is going on. All I've been hearing for the past 10 days to 2 weeks is they have to get with the top radiologist.

My last message I left my doctor was this: "I'm growing weaker, tireder, more and more psychologically and emotionally frustrated, and all I hear is...well, I have to get with the top radiologist...so what is it, are you trying to get another degree out of the top radiologist? And if this is a problem that you cannot handle at St. John's Hospital, at least have the medical and human compassion to refer me to a hospital that can help me."

So this is pretty much what's going on and yes, if you hear anger, frustration, and emotional and psychological stress in this post, then you are picking up on everything that I am feeling. I don't feel all these emotions towards the Universe or my condition, I feel them towards the medical world.

Thank you all for caring and asking. Wish I had better news than what I have. I am at the point where I have made up my mind that after all the doctors have done to me, I will not be going back to them. I will enjoy my good days, and deal with the bad, but I will not spend my life waiting on a phone call or sitting in a doctor's office for them to lie to me any more.

And so it is,

Nafalia

[mtnviewsteve]

~~Blessings of PURE WHITE HEALING LIgHt to you Nafalia, for a Peaceful, enjoyable resolution to
ALL these complications with your health.
So Mote It Be~~

[DaBee]

I am with you, Nafalia.
deb

[Annie2]

Harry Scofus in Salisaw OK does these cases and he is very good. PM me if you want further info.

[Annie2]

I am so thankful that I still have my son. He's sleeping right here beside me. I'm afraid for him every minute that he's out of my sight. I can't protect him 24-7. My DIL's brothers want to kill him, and I have no doubt they will try. They blame him for her suicide. God, what am I to do?

[Becky Davis]

Pray for them, Annie. Pray to soften their hearts and for their pain to subside. I hate fear. I am so sorry that we have to live with it.
Even though we know things happen that are beyond our control, it is so hard to turn everything over to God. So hard.

[Annie2]

Becky, seems we keep the same kind of hours! I pray every waking moment. God has to be tired of hearing from me.
Today my son was moved to a very secure place, and I do feel better about his safety. After I posted that, I thought "everyone is going to think I'm a paranoid psycho." I mean, do things like this really happen in everyday life? Never in mine. Til now. The police are taking this all very seriously. Thank God. There really are people out there who kill other people. Beyond my understanding, but there.
Thank you for being there. Annie

[Becky Davis]

So sorry Nafalia...I know somewhere someone can help you. I hope you can find them for some relief.

Annie...I will be thinking of you tonight. I usually go to bed and fall asleep...just can't stay that way.
How are the children?

[Annie2]

My nearly 17y/o grandaughter is crazy with grief. She is so angry and just doesn't know where to direct those feelings. She will not talk to me. My grandson is only 10y/o and needs the security of continuity and I will have him here as often as possible. The oldest....the Marine? He hadn't seen his mother since he was 3y/o. They only just found each other a few months ago. He was granted emergency leave and did attend the funeral. These are step-children, but I have had them for nearly 10 years. Now they have gone to live with their biological father. We do have a good relationship, he and I. He is a good person and I'm so thankful they have him.
Thank you for thinking of them Becky. I'll sleep tonight because I believe they are all safe. Sweet dreams baby. Annie

[Jeannie Jones]

Oh Annie, thank God your son is in a secure place and the police are on the alert! You must feel greatly relieved. The aftermath of your DIL's action will be felt for a long time, it seems. I can only begin to imagine how worried you have been for your son. Blessings of Light upon you and yours, dear heart.

[Annie2]

Yes Jeannie, her action has sent our lives into choas and changed us forever. My son drove into the drive way that morning and saw her on the porch with the gun. She fired it before he could get to her. He called 911 immediately and they got there quickly, Then he called me. Thank God my oldest son and DIL were here to help. It took us an hour to get there and the EMT's were still working on her. They tried very hard to save her. Jason ran toward his brother and literally fell to the ground in his arms. Suicide is such a terrible thing. She had never made any attenpts before and there was no history of depression. As is human nature, we want answers why she did this. I know there will never be.

[Becky Davis]

Never will know what makes people snap. My SIL drove her husband to work because she wanted to keep the car. On arrival at the jobsite, he pulled out a gun from under the seat and shot himself in the head, with her sitting right there.
I urge your son to get some help. This is so traumatic. So shocking.
I found my neighbor, a suicide victim. To this day, I relive it.

[Becky Davis]

Nafalia, I have looked at several sites relating to your condition. Perhaps Jeannie can do some research for you to find some way to help you.
Do stool softners help at all? Or are you completely closed? It would be awful to resort to a colostomy, but you can still live and long and meaningful life. Although, I hope that is not the only way.

[Annie2]

Jeannie, check your pm's

[Jeannie Jones]

Nafalia's on the phone now from Springfield, and her words begin here:

Becky, thank you so much for caring. The only way I'm able to pass anything is by enema, and even then there's no solid stool. I'm so chemically sensitive I can't take anything, because it aggravates the migraines and the vertigo to the point that I'm debilitated, and everything they've given me has caused heart palpitations, and a lot of them.

At this point, all I'm getting from the doctors is dead silence. No responses to my phone calls, no answers to any of my questions. I have no clue to where this is leading, or what's going to happen, as the doctors have the scans and the tests and nobody's talking...especially to me.

The only thing I can see to do at this point is enjoy the good days and deal with the bad.

Love you much,

Nafalia

PS: Yes, Annie, thanks for the PM, and have replied. And am so glad that your son is safe. Sometimes the only answer you find in a situation you find like this is it's sometimes just the ultimate form of revenge. And for what? We don't even know.

[Annie2]

Someone said of suicide: "the permanent solution to a temporary problem." My oldest DIL mentioned "the ultimate revenge," but revenge for what? She not only hurt my son, but left her babies. As a mother, I can't quite get my mind around that. I would kill to protect my children, or anyone else for that matter, but to kill myself? How could you hurt the people who love you so much? How could you leave your babies? There are no answers. I pray for her soul and that she is in peace.

[Becky Davis]

I understand your anger and confusion. She had to be a tormented soul. Perhaps you can do your best to forgive her.
This has affected so many lives hasn't it? Like a bullet richocheting.
I imagine it is particularly hard on you Annie, right here at the holidays.
Chin up Girl.

[PMilam]

So much grief, illness and sadness... on this eve of Thanksgiving. I cannot imagine the torment that you are living now, Annie... and Nafalia.
I was feeling sorry for myself, having just spent the past 3 days in bed with a migraine.
I can only be grateful, now, that I have gotten relief from that pain, and can continue on with my life, unlike so many others.

I pray for your relief, peace and Annie, that your son stays safe.

Blessings Be.
love,
Patt

[DaBee]

My heart is with you, Annie. My light is focused on your son, you, the grandchildren and all of those that have been/are being so effected by this shock and dismay.
Namaste
deb

[Becky Davis]

I'm very grateful for this soft place to fall. Hope you all had a good day.
Hasn't the weather been beautiful?!

[DaBee]

Suppose to be up to 70 here today, Becky. I'm sure it's warmer in HS.
I read my daily OM a little bit ago and there's much wisdom to it. Namaste everyone.
I'd like to share:

Life
Your Perfect Teacher

Many of us long to find a spiritual teacher or guru. We may feel unsure of how to practice our spirituality without one, or we may long for someone who has attained a higher level of insight to lead the way for us. Some of us have been looking for years to no avail and feel frustrated and even lost. The good news is that the greatest teacher you could ever want is always with you-that is your life.

The people and situations we encounter every day have much to teach us when we are open to receiving their wisdom. Often we don't recognize our teachers because they may not look or act like our idea of a guru, yet they may embody great wisdom. In addition, some people teach us by showing us what we don't want to do. All the situations in our lives, from the insignificant to the major, conspire to teach us exactly what we need to be learning at any given time. Patience, compassion, perseverance, honesty, letting go-all these are covered in the classroom of the teacher that is your life.

We can help ourselves to remember this perfect teacher each day with a few simple words. Each morning we might find a moment to say, "I acknowledge and honor the teacher that is my life. May I be wise enough to recognize the teachers and lessons that I encounter today, and may I be open to receiving their wisdom." We might also take some time each day to consider what our lives are trying to teach us at this time. A difficult phase in your relationship with your child may be teaching you to let go. The homeless person you see every day may be showing you the boundaries of your compassion and generosity. A spate of lost items may be asking you to be more present to physical reality. Trust your intuition on the nature of the lesson at hand, work at your own pace, and ask as many questions as you want. Your life has all the answers.

[Annie2]

Beautiful day. Perfect weather. Some of the kids were here and we decided to focus all of our thoughts on what we DO have. We are very poor in material things and Lord knows we have no money. What we DO have is LOVE and I'm sending that to each of you.
Thank you all for listening to me here. Your responses have upheld me and given me light when I couldn't see any. I'll do my best to reflect it back to you.

[DaBee]

Hi Y'all
Just wanted to bring the gratitude into December.
I'm feeling gratitude at the sunshine that melted the icy yuck on the roads and allowed my beloved to make it to work today.
love and light
daBeeattitudeofgratitude ;)

[Annie2]

A freind called me from Sedalia Mo. They got 17" of snow. I'm grateful we didn't get that!

[PMilam]

Annie2, I've always seen the love reflected in your posts.
And think of you, often.. and send good energy your way.
Patt

[OvertheRiver]

I'm feeling gratitude that we're in the holiday season, that I have survived this year (after a hysterectomy and a pacemaker replacement)...and I look forward to several years of no surgeries, at least I hope so.

This new pacemaker, which I got at the end of October, is MUCH better than my last one. They had a lot of problems getting my last one in...took four operations and switching shoulders before they got it right....and apparently, it suffered along the way. But I didn't know that, so I thought that was normal!!

MAN, was I WRONG!! This new one is GREAT!! I knew that the minute I woke up from surgery! I feel SO DIFFERENT AND BETTER than before! And I didn't KNOW!!

Anyway, HAPPY HOLIDAYS....I am irrepressible now!!

[Becky Davis]

What's the difference and why did you need one OTR? What were your symptons?

[DaBee]

WOW, GA, so THAT was your non-hysterectomy tweaking!
Irrepressible NOW? Honey, you don't know the meaning of unirrepressible! It's your nature....you were born that way (as they say).
NOW I know why you are so damned cheery this holiday season ;)
lovin and lightin you all,
CheeredBeewiththatgoodnews

[micki]

I'm feeling gratitude that i survived another busy season, a job change after many years of working in constant kaos(i now work for the most peaceful and nice man i have ever encountered), i survived breaking my wrist and found i have many people who love or at least care a little about me(i only went to sleep 4 nights in 6 1/2 weeks without having my hair braided, my shoes were tied, i got to the store and such, i always had a ride up the hill after i got off work as my car is a 5 speed and i couldn't drive), i am grateful for not having to face another winter in that cold basement apartment i just moved out of, i am grateful that my sweet little granddaughter has a good mommy (my daughter) who always has her best interest and well-being at heart and will help her survive the loss of her daddy, i am grateful for my daughter's man for standing by her during her heartache, i am grateful that i found all of you folks on geekfest so i am not alone when i feel lonely. I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ABOVE GROUND AND WELL(in spite of the arthritic pain) i'm grateful for graemlins, cause sometimes i can't express with words so i need a visual LOL ;) graemlins/cheerleader.gif graemlins/flyin.gif graemlins/chorusline.gif graemlins/breakdance.gif graemlins/lany.gif graemlins/becs.gif graemlins/gotmilk.gif

[PMilam]

And the chicks in the back ground sing...
Aaamen... A..a... a.. men.. Amen.. Amen!!

Blessing abound!

[Jeannie Jones]

I'm so very grateful to read of y'all's improvement, and positive takes on life! graemlins/cheerleader.gif

[Jan Ridenour]

and I am so grateful that two of my most favorite people over the last 20 years post here on Geekfest!

Of course I suppose Lewlew is busy being soooo gay and getting the new house in New Orleans 'just right' - poor Marlin...but he'll be back soon enough with some great stories I'm sure...Mom will have surely done something worth writing about. smile.gif

And Jeannie...what I can say girlfriend...You're still a shining star!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/JanR/Cherokee/scan0001.jpg

[OvertheRiver]

Becky, my heart problems started from radiation treatments I received when I was 13 and being treated for Hodgkins Disease. Most people dont' get radiation that young, so nobody knew it would cause long-term problems until the last decade or so, when people like me started cropping up with heart/lung problems.

[Jeannie Jones]

OMG Jan, I hardly recognize myself in that pic! Of course, that was Lew and I (Shane not pictured) recording the Razz-A-Ma-Tazz tape in Nashville. BTW, I think I love the CD! I say "I think" so, because my speakers aren't behaving very well. But from what I can tell, it sounds really good! (And thanks for the compliments, sweetie)

I'm sure you're right about Lew being so so busy unpacking and arranging things and all that after the move back to NOLA. They must be so very excited!

[DaBee]

Thanks for the Razzy memories, Jan.

[Lewis Routh]

I'm not so busy that i can't take a moment to come back to Geek Fest and GAWK at pictures of Jeannie and I. Was it cold in Nashville, Jeannie? Why are we wearing ear-muffs?

New Orleans is WONDERFUL! I love being home again! Several of my friends and I just hug and CRY to see each other again -- very "cleansing", which i am told is what the name KATRINA means!

[Lewis Routh]

OverThe River... I hope everything is going well for you now. Sorry you had to go through all that!

But shouldn't it be called a HERsterectomy or are you "built differently?"

[PMilam]

So glad that you are back home, Lew.. just don't leave us behind, begging for more stories!

Blessings for you and your family.

[Becky Davis]

Ah so happy you are home again. Did yall go back to your same houses or are you in new digs?

[Annie2]

Hey Miss Jeannie, I'm thinking about Nafalia and wondering how she's doing. Any good news? What a predicament she has, God love her.

[OvertheRiver]

Oh, Lew, I'm GREAT!! Can't exactly run the marathon, but I'm doing just fine!!

BTW, I AGREE with you.....it SHOULD be a HERsterectomy!!! smile.gif

[celeste]

"...it SHOULD be a HERsterectomy!!!" - i think that's HERsterical!

[DaBee]

Don't know what I did wrong here. Can't seem to get the photo of the mandala up from Photobucket. Any suggestions?
<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/debkay/mandala-large1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

"The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances."
Atisha


I borrowed the beautiful Mandala picture and quote from Marsha to share with y'all.
Namaste
deb

[mtnviewsteve]

:cool:
~~can't help with your's~but here's one:"Harmonic Convergence"
Namaste~~
http://i14.tinypic.com/2ebcrb4.jpg
:cool:

[Jeannie Jones]

Deb, 2 possibilities...to post a pic you need to use the long form for msg. and whether here or on the Photobucket site you need to post the link framed by . I always pick it up that way from the Photobucket site.

What a swell party that was! Missed ALL y'all who weren't there. Just now returned from a local party. Y'know, this social whirl is tough on this ol' gal!

[OvertheRiver]

bumping after the crash......

[PMilam]

Awwww.. I thought for a moment it was all back.

I'm grateful for the sun being out today!!!
I might have never come out from under the covers, if it had been gray again!

[nagasan]

Hey Lew, you out there? I heard from John McCrumb yesterday. Does any of this make any sense? Glad to hear you're back in the Big Easy, although I'm sure it's not. I was through Nawlins in October and it hurt. But the Lady will rise again!

[DaBee]

The light is shining bright, y'all!
love and light
deb smile.gif

[Becky Davis]

I'm thinking we'll have some sun today. It came out briefly yesterday afternoon and shocked me. I wasn't expecting it. Sure did brighten me.
Thanks for the sun and all of the people who post on this thread. You all bring light and warmth,

[PMilam]

Your biopsy is negative!

Not many sweeter words on the planet than these.

Thanks for all of your continued blessings and prayers.. love and light,

Patt
:happyheart:

[RichR]

Congratulations, Pat.

That is certainly great news.

[JET]

Great news,,, woooo hoooo

[Jan Ridenour]

YEAH!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!

[Another Texan]

Wonderful news!

[2100]

http://usera.imagecave.com/2150ark/icon82.gif Good news, indeed! http://usera.imagecave.com/2150ark/icon82.gif

[Becky Davis]

It doesn't get better than that! Cool beans, Ms Milam.

[Jeannie Jones]

Oh yay, Patt!!! What a great and wonderful relief for you! Happy, happy news!

[Becky Davis]

Good morning Geekfesters! I sure love yall this bright sunny morning.

[Becky Davis]

Haven't heard from you lately Patt. Are you on a trip celebrating or off hiding with Dabee?

[celeste]

Enjoying the calm, serene snow, may it bathe you all in blessings & light! Pat, Glad to hear your wonderful report.

[shuggie]

Me too

[pile]

Hey! I just bought a bottle of "Limu" anyone heard of it? It's supposed to be good for just about EVERYTHING! I bought mine from Alexa Pittanger. I am trying to patiently wait for the dr's to get back with me. I am chomping at the bit to take it! The testimonials are AMAZING!!!

I have thyroid disease. Usually i am hypo but for some reason i have swung into hyper! I went to my endocronologist: DR. ADAM MAAS. He is in Lowell (associated with Mercy). I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM! his # is 479-770-0700. He has the BEST bed-side manner EVER!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!

Dr Maas is doing some research & promised to get back with me. I will let you know what he says. I also asked Dr. Lonnie Joseph Parker to look into it for me as well, (ANOTHER FABULOUS DOCTOR)--at the local walk-in clinic. he is checking to make sure that blind studies were performed. You know, when they give one group a sugar pill & the other the real thing.

it is important to know that we all have the ability to heal ourselves. faith is very powerful! try to recognize your fear & let it go as a giveaway to mother earth. for if we call our fears, they will come. PRAY, MEDITATE, VISUALIZE the sickness leaving with every breath you blow out & healing & love coming in with every breath you take in. see what happens. what could it hurt?

it sure helps me feel better. & i hope it helps you all as well.

love, faith, & lots of healing,

jenny pile
253-2049
please call if you need to talk.

[Jeannie Jones]

Nafalia's on the phone...her post begins now:

Thanks Jenny for the post on the Limu. I've not heard of it, so it's always good to have new information.

Even though most of us have been on this path for 30-35 yrs. and have gained much wisdom and knowledge on our journey, it is always a joy and a pleasure when someone comes along with some new information, such as that about the Limu. Often it is the wonder and the excitement and the amazement of those who have begun the journey to remind the rest of us how it felt when we began. So keep sharing all you find, for there's never too much knowledge or wisdom or information to be given. Stay in the Light and follow the beam.

Thanks for sharing,

Nafalia
Springfield MO

[Jeannie Jones]

Also from Nafalia:

Hi Annie! :wave: Over the past several weeks, things have improved greatly in my life. I finally negotiated with the doctors long enough to get them to understand:fencing: YOU CANNOT TREAT ME WITH CHEMICALS!!! MY BODY SAYS ''NO"!!!

So I did my homework and my research, and off to the healthfood store I went. Voila! I am now eating more food and doing what normal people do on a daily basis, like having a morning constitutional.

The only thing that I'm having to deal with now is (and I have no idea where THIS came from) a severe staph infection in my right eye. My doc got right on top of it, gave me this powerful antibiotic ointment, and it seems to be doing quite well after the first week. I have 1 more week of using the ointment.

Other than this little glitch, things are going quite nicely.

Thanks so much for asking about me, and of course all the love and good energy sent my way has not hurt at all.

Much love coming your way,

Nafalia
Springfield MO

[Becky Davis]

Always good to hear from you and for sure makes my day when I know you are feeling chipper!

[Annie2]

Nafalia, I'm so glad to hear you're doing well. Just proves that docs aren't always right nor do they have all the answers. You know what they say about "practicing" medicine! Blessings to you!

[Becky Davis]

http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy/specials/onedayatatime/onedayatatime

[DaBee]

I love the SMILE and ENTHUSIASM, Becky.
Thanks, that was sweet.
It's just a glorious day with the snow flakes flying around and the sun peeking through from time to time.
All is well with everyone, that is my focus on this sweet, sweet day.
love and light
debolightsister

[Jeannie Jones]

For those with a deep connection with the feminine aspect of the Divine, here's a lovely piece on this official day of Love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz3pMOaNySk

http://bestsmileys.com/flowers/1.gif

[OvertheRiver]

Listening to Ave Maria always give me chills......there has been so much beautiful music composed in the name of Christianity, it is hard to believe that these composers were not divinely inspired.

No matter how people feel about Christianity, it has left us a great legacy of wonderful inspiring music.

Thanks, Jeannie!

[celeste]

I was blessed to sing as back up for Andy Williams single record tribute to Bobby Kennedy, featuring Ave Maria (flip side was Battle Hymn of the Republic). I adore any rendition of this tune, though I think Andy Williams recorded one of the best. Thanks for the post, Jeannie, it warms my pea pickin heart!

[Becky Davis]

Just another testimony to the wonderful talent in Eureka Springs. Thanks Celeste. We learn just a little bit more about each other everyday. I love it.

[Jeannie Jones]

I was blessed to sing as back up for Andy Williams single record tribute to Bobby Kennedy, featuring Ave Maria (flip side was Battle Hymn of the Republic). I adore any rendition of this tune, though I think Andy Williams recorded one of the best. Thanks for the post, Jeannie, it warms my pea pickin heart!

Wow, Celeste, what a wonderful experience! Thanks for telling us about it! I feel that getting to know someone is kind of like peeling away layers of an onion...you just peeled away a layer there for us (if that's not too distasteful an analogy!). :)

[shuggie]

Listen to IL Devo for inspiration.
Beautiful men, and coming from me the sky could envelope us.

[Jeannie Jones]

Nafalia's on the phone, needing to post here. Her words begin now:

I'm asking all of my spiritual brothers and sisters to come together now. This time it's not for me, but someone very near and dear and someone whom I love very much. His name is Dell Davis. We lived together 6 1/2 yrs. in Houston, TX. We rode together with the Vietnam Vets motorcycle club, and over the years we've stayed in contact.

When I spoke with him today, just before I was getting ready to hang up, he told me "I guess I may as well tell you now...I have mouth cancer." It's underneath his tongue and has spread to both sides of the tongue.

He went to the VA Hospital last week and asked the doctor to look at it because it didn't feel very good. And the doctor looked at it and said, "It doesn't look very good, either."

Either Tuesday or Friday he will be going into surgery. I will be kept posted on what is happening through my other Vietnam Vet brothers there.

To all my spiritual family, I ask you to keep him in mind, and send positive energy and love his way, for the man with the beautiful smile and the twinkling blue eyes will need all the positive energy he can get.

Many thanks I send to each and every one of you for remembering him at this very difficult time of his life. He is a happy person, never complains, and no matter how difficult times are he always has a smile, and a twinkle in those beautiful blue eyes.

Love you much

Nafalia
Springfield

[Becky Davis]

Yes...will most definitely send all I can muster. You had me at twinkling blue eyes...

[DaBee]

Focused, healing light for your friend, Nafalia.
May Dell be comforted and eased.
love and light
deb

[Jeannie Jones]

Talked to Nafalia today and Dell had his surgery today. Thank God, his tongue will not have to be removed! I'll probably get together with her tomorrow by phone and transcribe a post for her. Thanks so much, y'all!

[mtnviewsteve]

:cool:
~~
March 9, 2007
Shifting into Gratitude
The Question of Worthiness
We all know what it's like to finally get something we want, only to find ourselves feeling as if we don't deserve it. Whether it's a car, a new job, or a date with someone wonderful, we suddenly feel as if we are not up to it. Something in us wants to reject this gift from the universe, perhaps because it requires that we think of ourselves in a new way or makes us question why we should have something that others don't have. If these feelings of unworthiness are not consciously acknowledged, they can lead us to sabotage ourselves out of the gift being offered. Perhaps the best way to avoid rejection and sabotage is to simply shift into a state of gratitude, bypassing the question of worthiness altogether.

The question of whether we or anyone else deserves something is not really in our jurisdiction. These themes play themselves out in ways we can't fully comprehend-on the level of the soul, over the course of many lifetimes. What we do know is that the universe has its own way of shifting the balance over the course of time so that all things are ultimately fair. We can trust in this process and understand that when a gift comes our way, it is because we are meant to have it. Otherwise, it would not be available to us. Accepting the gift with gratitude and using it to the best of our ability is true humility.

When we receive a gift and find that feelings of unworthiness crop up, we can simply acknowledge the feelings and then remind ourselves that they are beside the point. We might say to ourselves, "I am meant to have this." As we allow ourselves to accept the gift, we might feel tenderness in our hearts that naturally shifts into a deep feeling of gratitude. As we sit for a moment, consciously holding the gift in our hands or in our hearts, we say "yes" to the universe's many blessings, and we also say "thank you."


For more information visit dailyom.com

:cool:

[Becky Davis]

Thank you Steve...very nice. thought provoking.

I need to learn:Accepting the gift with gratitude and using it to the best of our ability is true humility.

[Jeannie Jones]

Nafalia's on the phone from Springfield, wanting me to transcribe a post for her. Her words begin now:

:phonetree: Wanted to let everyone know the great news! Dell went home from the hospital on Monday (to his OWN home). He is doing VERY well.

The surgery went well. He had little or no pain. They removed from underneath his tongue all the cancerous area, but did not have to take any of the tongue. Then they took out a piece of the jawbone, and went into his leg and took a piece of bone to replace that from his face, so his face would not be deformed. They did a biopsy on the cancer and the lymph nodes.

The swelling in his face is already gone. He has been able to talk since the day of the surgery, and is eating soft foods. The biopsies came back negative! No chemo or radiation will be necessary.:woohoo:

Of course, his biker brothers and sisters there are calling him and taking him whatever he needs at home. A very dear friend of his took his cat to care for until he's stronger. Therefore, everything is going very well for him.

His only comment thus far about any of it has been "I can't drink my beer for a long time, and that sucks!" :becs: It's obvious to see he still has that humor, smile on his face, and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

He is very grateful to everyone that sent out Light, Love, prayers and energy to him, for he spent enough years with me to know that it really works.

Once again, as a collective whole, we can all feel that we have helped accomplish another human being's recovery.

I personally want to say a special "thank you" to all of you for keeping him in your thoughts and sending him energy. :hug:

And so it is,

Nafalia
Springfield

[Becky Davis]

May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let His presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.

[DaBee]

I have been thinking about Dell, NN. Isn't Spirit just so way beyond what we mere mortals can comprehend? I stay in awe of the flow of life when we allow the true nature of our being to reach its highest. It's always there and always available, all we need to do is to tap in.
Thank you for sharing another miracle, Nafalia. Thank you too, Jeannie, for bringing the message to us.
Namaste.
love and light
deb

[PMilam]

Ok... now... I ask for myself again..

I have another ct scan tomorrow.
I'm praying for the nodules to either look exactly the same, or gone.
And if not, the strength and courage to go on to the next phase.

I'm praying the next phase will be working in the garden.. with kids along side.. uh.. one at a time!

I'm so glad your friends surgery went well Nafalia! My sil had tonsil cancer. The mouth ones are tough.. it can effect so much, in your appearence, and your speech. Glenn had a hard time, because the lymph glands in his neck were affected, that part of the surgery left him with a lot of work to do on his shoulder.

Blessings abound!

[Becky Davis]

Thinking of you today Patt.....

[DaBee]

Sending you and your family a focus of white healing light and ease with the procedure and all that you are dealing with today, Patt.
love and light
deb

[PMilam]

Thank you, my lovlies.

[PMilam]

The scan looked just like the one in Jan... so...

They say go on about your business... unless the oncologist sees something that the other 3 docs cannot... I'm waiting for the wind to die down a bit, and the big tomatoes are going in... and the tilling shall begin..

Thank you all for your support!

[Becky Davis]

Praying for you girl.

[Jeannie Jones]

Patt, that's such great news! And the world goes on. Keeping you in my heart and my prayers.

[DaBee]

Keep on keeping on, Patt.

There you go again with that 11:11 stuff, JJ. Cool!
L/L
deb

[Becky Davis]

I was moving furniture today and sunk like a rock. Just had to lie down. All of my energy was gone. Told Torcan we had to take a nap, I had lost my energy.
Little rascal kept slipping off the couch and I would holler and tell him to get back up there. Finally, I figured out he was getting a bite of his left over lunch each time he got up and told him to go ahead and eat again. I'd just as soon he eat as sleep.
He politely told me he was getting up to "go look for my energy".
I love him so. I am so grateful to have him.

[mtnviewsteve]

:cool:
~~Blessings of LiGhT to lift your Spirits and energize you for the weekend ahead~Bless your little Blessing Torcan for showing you HIS LiGhT~
Peace~
:cool:

[Jeannie Jones]

Keep on keeping on, Patt.

There you go again with that 11:11 stuff, JJ. Cool!
L/L
deb

Ha! I hadn't even noticed that, Deb! I made another post somewhere in the last few days that I noticed was 3:33, a personal fave. Love 9's!

It's been quite a week! A week ago yesterday Mom fell in the gravel driveway and hit her head against the car door opener. Somehow she got herself up and knocked on the sliding glass door. I was doing something at the sink, getting ready to cook. When I went to the door, my jaw dropped...she looked like something out of "Nightmare on Elm Street"! Blood everywhere, just dripping.

Long story short, the ER cleaned her up (no small task) and the doc sewed her up in 3 places. (Thank God her bones are strong, strong, strong!) Then yesterday a prong on her partial plate came loose, so she's been eating without it. Has an appt. Mon., at which she'll have to surrender the plate for some time. Looking for soft food recipes. Been quite a week.

[Becky Davis]

Bless you both...

[Jeannie Jones]

Becky, I'm wondering if your sudden energy dip could have been at all food related. Do you recall? (Not that I/we need an answer, but just something for you to think about)

So happy that you have Torcan. I know how precious and delightful are puppies and kittens, and can only imagine that human young ones are all that and more.

[BillVoiers]

Becky,
Both VA and I have been suffering debilitating loss of energy for the past week or so.We think we've noticed that this has happened before when the pollen and mold counts are very high, as they have been for the past several
days. Trouble is that most medicines you might take for allergy also tend to make you feek tired. HGope things getbetter for you.

[Becky Davis]

Thank you Bill...I never put the two together, but come to think of it I have been taking Tyenol for allergies. I do have hypoglydemia and I do eat too much sugar for energy when I should grab some protein instead.
I go in bouts and have done this for quite awhile. Sometimes, it is just worse than others, but the pollen is ghastly here. Everything is yellow. I do mean yellow. I close my car door and it flies like a cloud.
Thanks to all for your thoughts and concern.

[DaBee]

Hope you're feeling better today, Becky.
I've had the same tendencies to lose momentum lately. When the rain came a few days ago, I felt better. I can't take allergy meds, so am guessing that it's the histamine level in my system that is the culprit. This too shall pass.
love and light to all
deb

[Becky Davis]

Thanks Deb. Actually we had a little rain today...sure was glad to see it. Lazy all day long.

[shuggie]

You can get it at MalWort.
It is liquid which you take orally. Keep it is your mouth for awhile before dringing anything as it works sub lingually.
Do it daily because we loose the enzimes to metablize this important source of energy as we age.
The pollen has become outa sight this year beacause every thing bloomed at once. I've been feeling the impact to when I working in the outdoors. And coughing and snoting my self to dizzyness indoors.
Becky, love the li'l Torkin story.

[Becky Davis]

Thanks Shug, I forgot about vitamin B12..I'll get some.

[PMilam]

Well, maybe the snow in the forecast will relieve you from the pollen.. boo hoo boo hoo.... snow.. wahh.. I just bought a bunch of perennials yesterday.

[shuggie]

So did we. Happy growing season.

[Becky Davis]

Hope you all survived with minimal damage. Patt, hopefully you and Shug had not set your plants out yet.
I've done little planting...but some transplanting. I've been digging up stuff and moving it around.
Grateful DIL got the new job she applied for with Parks. She is looking forward to it big time and is off to training at Petit Jean for three nights and four days. It's part time with prolly full time hours but when she finishes getting her degree with be full time. I am thinking she may have found her niche. Very happy for her.

[PMilam]

Once again.. my shop has become something else.. right now.. thanks to south facing windows, it's my greenhouse!

[Becky Davis]

Patt, how is your greenhouse doing?

[PMilam]

It's back to a very messy shop... the plants are in the ground.
Thank goodness we got some rain. They were needing water every day.

[DaBee]

So good to see you up and out and about. Planting and even being messy in your shop sounds good!
Got a lot of seeds sprouting? Big garden? Do you till? Do you mulch?
Just curious................and still wanting to meet you IN DA PHLESH!
Namaste, Patt.
deb

[Becky Davis]

You've never met Patt? Surely you have and just don't know it.

[Jeannie Jones]

I'm so grateful that my chiropractor reminded me that I need to be taking some supplements, because it has REALLY helped me a lot! As well as the cervical dystonia, I have acute degenerative disc disorder of the cervical spine, bone on bone. Most of the time I was feeling like the inside of my skin on my entire upper back was on fire.

He told me that glucosamine sulfate can actually do some repair work, and on the bottle it says "superior joint support", so those of you with joint problems who are not taking it may want to give it a try. Mine cost about $10 a month, which is a small price to pay for some relief. He also strongly suggested a good multi-vitamin and is very big on flaxseed oil. He said that all those things can help the body to repair itself. All I know is that I feel way better taking them than before I took them, and all together cost me about $30. The vitamin/mineral I got also has phyto-nutrients.

[DaBee]

All very good reminders, JJ. I'm gonna look up the phyto-nutrients as I've heard of them, but guess I need some Ginko, too. ;)
Have you heard of Ayahuasca?
I'm glad to know that you've found some relief with the degenerative disc disorder.
I've needed this reminder.....thanks!
love and light
deb

[Becky Davis]

I need to take glusomine too. My eight year old aunt swears by it. Says it took about three months to start working. Now she is almost pain free. Don't know if it would work for me, since my pain is muscular and tendons,not joint pain. But somedays, I am desperate enough to try anything.

I need prayers again yall. My son was doing so well. In fact, he felt so good, he thought he was in remission. He has systemic lupus and lupus nephritis...not to be confused with lupus alone.
Guess not. His kidneys are still deteriorating. This week his feet have been so swollen they are turning to bruises. He had a scope, for fear of blood clot, but it was negative. I hope to the God of the universe it was accurate.
I am so worried he will become very ill again. Last bout, it was months before he could get out of bed. I thought he would never improve. Had to quit work and gradually got to feeling good and has been working about five months now.
He has insisted on going to work with those feet all week. I don't know how he does it.
His doctor is out of town until Monday.
Please pray for him yall.

[mtnviewsteve]

~Prayers of Pure WHite Healing LiGhT going out to your son~May Spirit breathe the breath of Healing on him and make him well again~

[DaBee]

I think of your son often, Becky. He'll get through this bout fine, too. It's hard when you're young to think that something can hold you back from what you feel you have to do. It's hard to pace ourselves when we're feeling so good and sometimes we just have to learn through trial and error, which generates wisdom, about how our bodies work.
I'm visualizing healing and ease and patience and wisdom for Jeremy (hope I have his name correct). Also, comfort for you and the family, Becky.
love and light
deb

[Jeannie Jones]

Oh Becky, I'm so sorry to hear this. I'll certainly keep him in my thoughts and prayers and send all the energy I can muster. Seems like there are so many places for it to go these days...so many friends in pain.

My mom will be having surgery June 15 for her aortic aneurysm. We were so relieved today to find out that they're going to do the simpler surgery on her rather than cracking the chest and stopping the blood flow at age 87 1/2. She did quite well on her cardiac stress test, and her vascular surgeon feels that once this is fixed there's no reason why she can't live to be 100!

[Becky Davis]

Jeannie and Dabee, Thank you for you good wishes for Jeremy.
Jeannie, I swear I wrote a note to you but for the life of me, I guess I didn't post it. I think having you with her is probably the best medicine for your Mother. You seem to provide her excellent care. How wonderful that they won't have to do evasive surgery. Does the aneurysm cause her any dizziness? Any pain? I hope she just breezes right through it and feels like a million bucks.
I will remember to say prayers for her. God bless yall.

[DaBee]

Becky, I've been thinking about your 8 year old aunt that takes glucosamine. I want somma what she's got if she's regressed back that far. I'm also wondering how your family members pulled that one off......uh, xqz the phrase....you know what I mean.

[Becky Davis]

Oh Dabee...that is so funny. I must have been thinking about eight year old something else. She's eighty.
Were you talking about ashwaghanda?

[micki]

becky, i am sending prayers and positive thoughts to you all. i had no idea jeremy had this ailment. i am so sorry. HUGS

[Jeannie Jones]

Becky, Mom does have balance problems, but supposedly not related to the aneurysm. She doesn't have a lot of pain with it, but it's so big that it can burst at any moment. According to the surgeon, controlling the blood pressure is the key factor in keeping her around 'til the surgery. Her primary upped her bp meds, and when we went in for a bp check Tuesday, I think it was 122/58! The new dosage seems to be working like gangbusters. How she feels can vary from day to day. Today was a very good day. She submitted to staying in the house in the heat of the day, thank God. She doesn't do heat well.

[DaBee]

Blessings of light and balance and ease are my thoughts for you and your sweet Mom, Jeannie.
love and light
deb

[PMilam]

Hi, ya'll. Sorry I've been a slacker.
Too much to keep up with, sometimes.

How's Jeremy doing, Becky? Hope the swelling in his feet has gone down.. Jeannie, how's your mom?
As long as I'm asking questions, how do you choose color.. I just can't find it.

And.. my gratitude is great this day.

My sister, Donna put out a call.. Calling all Angels.. on Thurs. morning. Her daughter that is close to Robins age was missing. She has been suffering from depression most of her life. About 2 years ago she graduated from nursing school, was chosen to go on a medical trip to Africa, and was doing better than ever before. Last year when her step sister was murdered, she went off the deep end. She has gone deeper and deeper. Many meds and combinations of meds were tried.. and the last two times I saw her, she was like a zombie. She and her husband split, and she was living with her step dad, Mark, who has been a real father to her.
She did not show up for her shift at the hospital, wens. afternoon, her voice mail was full, and she did not return calls. Even through out her depression, she always did what she said she would, and returned all calls.

Somehow.. I still have not gotten an answer on this one.. but Mark found her.. in a motel room, unconscious. Nothing in the room had been used, except one glass. She had taken all her meds, and drank a bottle of wine.
He called the paramedics, and she was alive.
Today, she is responding, and most of her tests are good.
Tenn. has a mandatory psych ward time, for attempted suicide, so she will be moved, as soon as she is stabilized. Her dad, mom, Mark, husband, brother and sis in law are with her now.
She is willing to try again... life, I mean.

I really thought she was gone. How Mark found her is a miracle, in my eyes.
She and her closest family will need a lot of energy and prayers to guide and support them through this new beginning. Please remember her in your prayers.

This is behind my post on depression. It is difficult to live through it. It is a killing disease. Keep in mind, that depressed people will often mask their feelings. If you suspect a loved one of being that depressed.. do your best to get them to seek help.
Even with help.. my niece was seeing a counselor and a psychiatrist, they may need you, too.

I accidentally started reading page one.. we just passed our 3 anniversary here, on the Gratitude Journal!! June 2, 2004!

[Becky Davis]

My prayers and best wishes for your special niece. I feel so sorry for anyone with depression. It is such a terrible disease. Hopefully they can find a miracle med for her. Did she ever go to Africa?

[mtnviewsteve]

~~Prayers of Healing LiGhT~
for your special niece~
Blessings~

[PMilam]

Thank you for your prayers and concern, please keep her in your prayers.

Yes, she went to Africa, had an incredible trip, and was so inspired. Her plan was to work in the hosp. with babies that had problems at birth.

After Keara's murder, she couldn't even get to work.. then couldn't deal with the anguish that comes with working with newborns with problems. She switched over to working with healthy newborns.. that was were she was supposed to be the night she disappeared.

She will have to do a mandatory stay in a psych ward. I wonder if AR has that law. I know WA state does.. we had a friend that attempted suicide in Seattle.. he was required to do a month. He visited all his friends and family in AR, went home and in 2 weeks shot himself. Another friend found him.. after a week. It is devastating.
And he had been suffering from depression all his life.. he was 55 when he finally made it happen.

Steve.. todays Om talks about how when we want to change someone, we can only change ourselves, to be a role model. We, her family, all know that it is going to take a new direction, for all of us, to make her outcome better. We have to let her know, in every way we can, that she is important to us, to our lives.

Again.. thank you for your prayers and concern.

[sir william]

Healing thoughts you way Patt. Hang in there. Countin our blessings thats so important. loveya Randal

[DaBee]

Patt, suicide attempt/depression is such a tough issue to deal with; especially with someone close to you. Your niece having to deal with her sister's murder and the phases of grieving and loss must be so overwhelming, especially already having chronic depression. I cannot imagine. Since I read your post on the 10th, I've not known what to say to you as I've felt the need to go to a quiet place. I want to send healing light to you and your sister and all that are involved, but especially to your niece. Somehow I feel her fragility and want to hold her gently in my hands like one would hold a butterfly. Please let us know how she is doing.
Namaste
deb

[PMilam]

Thank you deb, and you are right.. she is extremely fragile right now.
I'm grateful that she did not turn her head away and say.. I'm going to make it happen.. die.. that is.
Hopefully, she will find the right person/people that can help her. Her psychiatrist had not returned Donna's calls, last I heard. Unfreaking believable. How could she be a help, if she doesn't care, when her patient attempts suicide.
I really think that if she went and stayed with my sisters, that they could do more for her than a professional. Sorry.. but that's how I feel about so many "mental health care" professionals.

When I saw her, early in the year, she still had her feet on the planet.. the last 2 times, since she has been going to the psychiatrist, she was zombie like. No highs, no lows.. just maintaining her body on the earth. I wish that we had all stood up and said.. she is over medicated!! It was obvious to all that know her.. that she was not present in her body. Evidently, the psych thought that was ok.
Right now, I don't think we will hear much.. til she has gotten all the residue out of her system, and they can really get some conversation going.

Thank you all.. I knew I could count on you for love, light and prayers.
Thank you, my friends.

[Becky Davis]

Alot of shrinks will not talk to relatives about their patients Patt. I don't t hink it is right, but it is so.
I was bound and determined the shrink in my particular case was going to talk to me. I kept calling. He kept ignoring me. I finally wrote the hospital administrator and then he called. Not happy about it either. We went over meds and I said the same thing about being over medicated and the medicine having the opposite effect. Took the patient off and two days later like a different person.
It is hard to say what gives with a person when you don't live with them and can't see how they take their meds. I really think they should be monitored and meds given by another person to insure they have them.
I have had severe depression once in my lifetime. Didn't last too long, but my God, I feel sorry for anyone who has to go through it time and time again.
It runs in my family, but I am one of the lucky ones.
Bless her. Please give Donna our love and perhaps things will get better soon, so she won't have to live with the gnawing fear of something bad happening.

[PMilam]

Well, poot.. that's what I get for staying up late.. I posted a pretty long response, last night.. or actually, I wrote it.. and forgot to hit post!

I was as deeply depressed, early in the year, when I thought I had another cancer..
It was horrible.. I could not find peace in anything.. until Jude and I were in the car at 3:30 am, heading for the plane to take us to MX. I don't know where I would be today, if we had not taken that trip.. it put all the anguish behind me. Thanks Be!

For now, they have a plan, which includes she and her husband going to CO to spend time with her brother and his wife. They got in their car and drove to her, as soon as they found out. Good to have siblings that care so deeply, to drop their lives, and step into your own.

They have a plan, with her docs, and hope.. that is what will bring her through this rough spot.. hope for a better future.

Again, thank you for all your prayerful thoughts and love.

[Jeannie Jones]

Hi friends, after solving my keyboard problem with a new wireless, I developed connectivity problems. Was on/offline for a while, til it became clear what the source was, when my DSL modem became fully fried. I felt so disconnected and frustrated while offline, and really missed y'all.

Patt, I've also been in your niece's shoes and lived to tell the tale. Glad they require hospitalization in TN. What kept me from further suicide attempts was a firm belief in karma, feeling that if I don't work it out in this life, I won't come back in any better shape next time. Then after many, many years of walking the spiritual path, the more I was able to open my heart, filling with love, forgiveness and understanding for self and others, the less room there was for negativity to dwell. Keeping your family in my heart and prayers, dear one.

It's my turn to ask for prayers now. Tomorrow is Mom's stent graft surgery for her aortic aneurysm. We pray that they don't get in there and find the need to do the other, more difficult and stressful surgery where they open the chest, stop the heart, and remove the aneurysm. She's kinda too old to be a good candidate for that. She went in today for pre-op tests, paperwork and stuff, and the nurse we talked to most, told us what a coup they felt it was to get Dr. Bourland, that she's very well-respected in her field. We were very impressed with this dr. and confident of her skills. I believe that Mom has a golden hand over her head and that this is not her time to go. All prayers, love, Light, positive energy will be greatly appreciated. We go in at 6 AM, but surgery probably won't be until around 9.

[micki]

jeannie, prayers and positive energy for you and mama. hugs

[Jeannie Jones]

Thanks a lot, Ms. Micki. Hugs right back atcha!

[PMilam]

Thanks for the knowledge that one can go from where she is now.. to where you are now!! I gives me more hope.

And Blessings of peace and healing for your mom.
I'm going to be away from the puter til Wens.. unless I can find a computer in St. Louis!
love to you all,
Patt

[Jeannie Jones]

Thanks, Patt. Travel safely and well, dear heart.

Mom's surgery went very well, and she'll probably come home tomorrow! It was difficult, as they had to negotiate a heavy "s" curve, and the aneurysm was very large, but it went quite well. 2 hours. We love this doctor, and so does everyone at the hospital. Long day...love to all.

[Becky Davis]

Oh Jeannie, I have been so wrapped up, I forgot it was time for your Mom's surgery. I am so glad that all went well.
That's wonderful!

[DaBee]

That's an amazingly short time for a surgery as complicated as your Mom had, Jeannie. Cool....answered prayers! Healing light still shines forth for both you and your Mom.
love and light
deb

[PMilam]

Hi.. I'm being quick here.. so happy to hear your mom is doing well.
I'm in stl Louis.. on web tv.. I've tried to post several times, but it logs me out before I finish.. then.. when I try again.. I'm on a blank page!!

This technology is not for me! No mouse!! anyway.. love to you all.. and please pass it on to the ship.. I can't seem to get aboard, from this thing.
I love you guys!
I'll be out of town most of the rest of the month.. just home a day or tow, between trips.. Craig is catching up on cont. med. ed.

love to all..

[Becky Davis]

Love to you too Patt.

[Jeannie Jones]

That's an amazingly short time for a surgery as complicated as your Mom had, Jeannie. Cool....answered prayers! Healing light still shines forth for both you and your Mom.
love and light
deb

Deb, her surgery lasted a little over 2 hours. The dr. told me that she'd done 4 others that week and they had all gone home the day after. Mom is just so impressed with her. We both are.

She hasn't felt well at all since the surgery, but started feeling a little better today, and ate some solid food today.

Patt, sounds like an adventure! Hope we hear more. Oh, and message delivered.

Thanks, kind spirits

[Becky Davis]

Oh my...hope she is better today. Keep us posted.

[mtnviewsteve]

:cool:
~~Jeannie~so glad your mom is doing better~Sending Love and Healing LiGhT to you both for strength and comfort~
Blessings~
:cool:

[Jeannie Jones]

She was a wee bit better today, thanks. She's rather frustrated at not being able to just jump right back.

And thanks to Steve and others for any prayers, love and Light sent this way. It's much appreciated.

[PMilam]

How's mom? Along with Steve.. I'm sending love, light and prayers.

[celeste]

I'm so very grateful to live in a town with a global presence & conscoiusness, tolerance & love. PEACE.

[PMilam]

Me, too.. even tho I don't live in town. And the wonderful thing is that there are so many conscious people scattered through out these beautiful hills and valleys.

[Marsha Havens]

And more are being attracted to our area every day! It is a wonderful thing to watch and participate in!

"When people share spiritual love, they are connected throughout eternity."
Joel Goldsmith

Namaste ---

[Becky Davis]

I had an absolutely divine day today. Everyone was in a good mood, felt good and had lots of fun at the lake. Everything just seemed to go right. I am very thankful for those days. They make good memories.
I wish these days for everyone.

[mtnviewsteve]

:cool:
~~many more days of Happiness and LiGhT to ya' ALL~
:cool:

[Becky Davis]

Jeannie, please let us know how your Mother is doing. Hope this has been an easier week for you dearheart.

[celeste]

Woke up with happy memories of being out on the town with Becs & Lamb Choppe...

[Becky Davis]

I am worried about Jeannie. Her computer must be down. Didn't she mention she was having problems. I hope all is well with Mom.

What did you girls do Celeste or was it a dream?

[DaBee]

I heard that the girls went crusin' the "Miracle Mile"! Caused quite a stir in the ol' convertible, sitting on the hood and baaaaaahing at everyone. Someone told me that they saw Rex tap dancin' on the hood ornament. Wow, what a sight to see! Hope nothin' fell on yaaaaall's hayuud from one of those balconies!
Oh ya, I'm on GJ, not Fools. Then again, I'm a gratitudinous fool!
DaaaBeee

[DaBee]

Hoping to see a new Geeker that I thought for sure would be signed up by now. If you're out there, SS, give us a hello!

[Jeannie Jones]

So sorry to worry you, Becky. Mom's doing well, except for the occasional down day. After she got better I kinda did a meltdown...don't seem to be able to do stress as well as I used to. Kinda curl up and withdraw afterward.

Now I have a new "patient". Tommy the big fluffy cat has a weepy eye...turns out it's an ulcer on his cornea. I give him an antibiotic pill once a day and a drop in that eye every 4-6 hours. Poor baby. He's such a sweetheart. If he's not way better by tomorrow, he has to see the doc again. There may be vision loss.

Am eager to read about the girls' wild ride through town! So much to catch up on!

Am grateful to be in a household of beings who love me!

[Jeannie Jones]

And yes, Becky, I had to replace both my keyboard and DSL modem.

[Lamb Choppe]

I am so happy I moved here! It was just the right thing for me to do. It is so nice to have lots of people to do things with, and my friends up here are just wonderful!!

[PMilam]

I'm so happy to hear that you are finding your niche, right here, at home.
Blessings abound!

I'm still with my sisters.. I'll catch up when I get back.

[Becky Davis]

I am so proud for you. I am delighted you are happy Lamb Choppe. You were meant to be there.

[Becky Davis]

Hi Mom, Hi Jeannie, Hi Nafallia.

[Jeannie Jones]

Hi Becky (from Mom), hi Becky (from me) and I've got Nafalia on the phone. Her words begin now:

:phonetree: Hi Becky and everyone! It has been so long since I've been here to post. Believe me, it's not because I haven't thought of everyone, and missed posting. Seems as though life got really busy for a while, not only for me, but for Jeannie as well. And after the dust has finally settled, this is where I'm at.

I am in the final stages of completing my 2-yrs post-cancer treatment. In September I will have my yearly colonoscopy, and in December my yearly scan. What all this means, loved ones, is that I reached the 2-yr. mark this month remaining cancer-free. All tests have come back with positive results. :woohoo:

I have been able to include more foods in my diet, still very restrictive but not like before. No longer do my vegetables have to be cooked to mush...they can now have a crispy crunch to them. And, of course, I have portobellos every day, along with my Alaskan wild-caught salmon filets. I've also been able to include bran flakes, a scrambled egg sandwich, and of course, my old faithful and life-saving oatmeal. What a far cry from home-made smoothies and liquids! :eating:

About 6 months ago I felt my body turn a major corner in the healing process. I'm trying to word this so it sounds okay...at about that time my bowels had already begun to move regularly on a daily basis, and one morning as this occurred, and checking it visually as always, the commode was full of black charred layers of tissue. I instantly recognized the fact that finally my colon had healed to the point that it was able to slough off the dead tissue, and I knew then that I had once again a healthy colon.

I no longer have to take the fiber every day, only occasionally as needed. I still have my ounce of aloe vera juice every morning and my flax oil as needed.

I have seen all of the doctors that were connected with my case, and all of them have been thrilled to see that I'm very healthy, my skin is wonderful, my hair is now down past my shoulders, and each of the doctors have all told me that they are quite surprised that I was able to pull myself through and live through what I had experienced. All of them have congratulated me on taking my health care into my own hands and healing my own body, for they have all said that there was absolutely nothing that they could have done, due to my oversensitivity to anything they tried to do. It only made it worse.

All docs are very pleased that I am able to maintain my weight at 117 lbs. now, and not lose any more. I grow in strength and in endurance on a daily basis and feel encouraged each day when I awaken that it will be a better day today.

I know that even though I may have been out of sight for a few months, I realize that many of you sent much good healing energy my way, and I thank you, for it was a major part in my healing process. So that's where I've been and what I've been doing.

Also during the last couple of months I had a short but beneficial relationship with a person who gave me a gift he had not even realized he had done. :whitehorse: (Billy is a biker, and being an old Harley rider, when he was here I was back on the back of a Harley once again after being off about 13 years. It sure felt good to get my wings back!) The gift he gave to me was to remind me there is life after cancer, even though it did not work out between us...it was not meant to...for he came for that reason only, I believe. It is said some come for a reason and some for a season, and others for a lifetime. So now I am once again moving back into the world and meeting men that I can relate to, and enjoying it, and just waiting for the right one to come for a season.

Wanted to say all of this to all of you. I've missed you and thought of you often. Thank you for being my support system. :cheerleader:

Loving you all always,

Nafalia
Springfield, MO

[Becky Davis]

Far out...

[Annie2]

:hug: :wave: :cheerleader: :breakdance: :happyheart: :D

[DaBee]

Thanks, Nafalia - love to hear from and about you.
love and light
deb

[PMilam]

Blessings do abound!
Great to hear such good news, Nafalia.

Deb, before you go.. please tell me how to make the type in colors.. I cannot find the key... oh... Jeannie, you know how.. some one clue me in, please.

[Becky Davis]

I want to know how to make the little itty bitty letters and the great big ones.:)

[Jeannie Jones]

Oh oh! Sorry! Haven't been here in a while. Okay, to get the colors and the different letter sizes you need to use the advanced reply, not the quick reply. Above the text box you'll see the type font at the top left, and next to that is the font size. You can choose different fonts and sizes to your heart's content. The capital A just to the right of text size is text color. Click on that, then select your color from the palette they offer. Any prollems, just let me know.

[shuggie]

It is wonderful to know you're back in stride.
Hug,

[Becky Davis]

Well, if all goes well and everything is in the proper place, we will have another babishka in seven months. I just feel we have Torcan a little sister on the way. Everyone is excited but Mom, who is spending a lot of time over the morning sickness bucket. I hope this passes soon.
Very grateful, for my little Torkie and can't imagine loving anyother little human being more. But so looking forward to it.

[Becky Davis]

Hi Jeannie and Jeannie's Mom..hope all is well. How is the wild Nafalia doing?

[PMilam]

Congratulations, Becky! Oh, honey.. you will love this new one.. and Torcan even more... it's an amazing thing.. grandkids.

Kole started preschool this week.. Molly starts next week..
Kole said.. "Mom, I was ok when you left.. in fact, I was glad when you left!"
These kids are so much smarter.. or better prepared that we were. I was terrified, when I started 1st grade... no clue.. none! These kids are raring to go!

Thanks, Jeanie.. I figured it out, used it once.. I'm lazy, I guess.. just hit quick reply..

ok... I'm going advanced... :p

[Becky Davis]

Oh Patt....I know. It is a whole new experience for me because my first grandchild is 27 years old and I was never around him. Then along comes Torcan who is now three. That's a lot of years a part. I have much more patience now.

[MotherMoon12]

Grandkids are the best people in the world. Sylver made 14 for us now. Wouldn't trade them for anything. Congratulations, Becky. I am so happy for you.

[Becky Davis]

Thank you MM. I know I can always count on you and Patt for grandkid advice...How is Miss Sylver doing? And Miss Sylver's Mother Amy?

[MotherMoon12]

Amy and Sylver are doing perfectly now. They just left to go home. You know they live 2 houses down from us. We miss them. LOL :)

[Annie2]

Congrats Becky! That new baby will be so much fun.
MM you are so lucky to have the grandkids so close.

[MotherMoon12]

Yep, we have 5 in the house, 4 down the road, 2 in Texas, 2 in Arizona and the 22 year old here in town. We are SO lucky. I thank the goddess every day.

[DaBee]

My 2 wunnerful G'Kids are back in Monkey Holler (South of B'ville), Arkansas.
We'z be in Laramie, Wyoming right now. Brrrrr, cold last night - camping just east of the Rockies. Beautiful - and a full moon last night!
deb&robert

[mtnviewsteve]

My 2 wunnerful G'Kids are back in Monkey Holler (South of B'ville), Arkansas.
We'z be in Laramie, Wyoming right now. Brrrrr, cold last night - camping just east of the Rockies. Beautiful - and a full moon last night!
deb&robert

:cool:
~~Blessings of LiGhT to Robert and DeBoLiGhTsIsTeR~Have "fun" kids~
~Namaste~
:cool:

[Becky Davis]

I sure have been thinking of you Dabee...so glad you are having a great time. I love you took the opportunity and just went by golly.

[Benthere N. Dunthat]

a woman full of wisdom. Thank you for your posts...

[Jeannie Jones]

Well congrats to you & the new baby's mom, Ms. Becky! What fun!

Ms. Nafalia is doing great, and Mom and I are doing okay, thanks for asking. Haven't been here in so long...missin' my GFest pals.

So happy that Deb & Robert are on the road having a grand adventure!

Love to all...

JJ

[mtnviewsteve]

:cool:
~~~Gratitude Affirmation~~~written by Owen Waters.

I am grateful for life
And all that I love
I am grateful for the Earth
And the Sun up above
I am grateful for my spirit
And my inner being
For the One that I express
And the joy of this feeling

Blessings~We ALL need 'em~
:cool:

[DaBee]

We bee happy campers here in the northwest!
Blessings back to y'all.
debandrobert

[PMilam]

Ahhh... blessings.. bring back beautiful stories!

[DaBee]

eROCKtica artisticating has changed venue for me. I've now begun stacking rock spires (or something similar to spires). I leave behind stacks at each camping site we stay at. The way coolest (so far) area has been next to a lake at a lava flow. Stacking the lava rocks with the lake as a back drop led to an enchanting evening skyline.
Namaste to all
deb

[Becky Davis]

Deb, I am so anxious to hear of your adventures. I hope you guys are taking lots of pictures to share of your spires. Love ya and I am so happy you are having such a great time. I'm happy you are happy.

[Becky Davis]

I'm grateful that things have gone so well today.....

[Becky Davis]

Hi Jeannie. Hi Nafalia. How yall? How is Mom?

[DaBee]

Gratitudinally speaking, I am blessed.
The universe is alive and well and quite active.
Namaste and love and light to all y'all!

[Becky Davis]

Cool beans.

[Jeannie Jones]

Hi all! Apologies for my absence. Ms. Nafalia is in the hospital again with an extreme vertigo attack. She's feeling some better now. Today's Monday and she's been there since Thursday AM. Thinks she'll be there only a couple more days maybe. Tests, tests and more tests, but there never seem to be answers or solutions.

Nothing remarkable happening at our house of late, except that I've been crocheting again after years of having given it up due to pain in my neck. I found a way to prop myself up and lift the work to get around the pain of looking down for an extended period. I've become rather obsessed with it and haven't kept up with the rest of my life very well, except for cooking for Mom and me. Will probably have photos of some of the crocheted pieces by next week, to show my friends what I've been doing in my quietude.

Mom's been doing well lately, except for the occasional pitfall on her path. She now has the beginnings of macular degeneration in one of her eyes, which causes her to see ripples in a straight line, which is quite frustrating for her, as you can imagine.

Our kitties are a constant delight, and with this cooler weather, we are happy and doing okay.

Love and miss you all! :kiss:

[Becky Davis]

Miss your uplifing posts so much Jeannie. Am glad that all is well. Hugs.

[mtnviewsteve]

:cool:
~~Best wishes and Pure White Healing LiGhT going out to Nafalia for a complete and speedy recovery~Blessing to you Jeannie and your Mom~
~Blessings ALL~
:cool:

[Marsha Havens]

Hey Deb! Glad to hear you've having a rockin' time! As you always bring light wherever you are, I'm not surprised! Love hearing from you and more about your erocktica. I'll always remember you walking up to Eureka Thyme when I first opened the doors. What a joy you are!
Namaste.

[Jeannie Jones]

What Marsha said, Deb, so glad your grand adventure is bringing you joy and that your art is flowing in a new direction...that's such great fun! And as we know, the farther one gets away from his/her comfort zone, the more rapid the growth. The gypsy life, for most if not all of us, would surely qualify as that. Buckets of love to you and Robert, sweetie pie. :kiss:

As I've mentioned before, have been preoccupied with crochet lately. Promised to post pix, and now have some in a Photobucket slideshow. Need to add 2 more, but here's a link to what's there so far, showing my most recent projects, most of which are made from 2 different brightly-colored palettes of nylon cord colors. Enjoyed it, but am ready to go monochromatic next!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/jeannie-jones/th_100_0495_edited.jpg (http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/jeannie-jones/?action=view&current=ec664abe.pbw)

PS: And thanks, Becky and Steve!

[Another Texan]

It's lovely Jeannie. But did you intend for the photo to move towards the viewer? Makes it hard for me to see the details.

I crocheted some this past weekend, made two scarves for my daughter. But she wants fringe so back to the store for more yarn.

I have almost finished a crocheted suncatcher for DaBee, just need to attach it to the hoop. It's made with a rainbow varigated cotton crochet thread. Should look nice hanging in a window.

[Jeannie Jones]

Thanks, AT. No, I didn't have anything to do with the type of slideshow transition on that one, but today I was able to go to Flickr and put the same photos together as a "set" to share with others, via the link below. On the page of thumbnails, there's the option to see "view as slideshow", and that way it's a lot easier to see than the Photobucket slideshow. Please let me know if you have any trouble with it.

http://www.flickr.com/gp/42095209@N00/14oLVJ

Your suncatcher sounds very pretty, and Deb will surely appreciate it. Going back to the store for yarn for fringe isn't so bad, since it's not crucial to have the same dye lot you started with. On the jacket pictured, almost all of the yarn came from the clearance section of Hobby Lobby, but didn't have enough to finish it. Had to supplement with the same yarn, different dye lot from W-M, and the color was so different that I had to remake one of the front pieces. Oh well, it's finished and washed like a charm! Whew!

[Becky Davis]

Lovely Jeannie. I am so glad you check in once in awhile. I miss you.

[Another Texan]

Jeannie~ That's much better to view. Very nice collection. I especially like the baskets. They really show the intricacies of the crochet stitches. Does the cord feel as smooth and cool as it looks. Love things that have a good feel.

The other day I was wondering what a piece done with a giant hook would look like. So large a person could walk through it. Climbing over the stitches as a child in a jungle gym.

[PMilam]

Jeannie, speaking of hooks, where did you get the hook with the wooden handle?
I'm starting to get 'the aurther-ritis' in my fingers.. makes crocheting a bit painful.. I think with a larger handle, it wouldn't bother me so much.